Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Maple River Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Maple River Township

The history of Maple River Township

Below: maps from 1895 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Maple River Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Maple River Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18953 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1986. Watch Maple River Township change.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Maple River Township’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maple River Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Maple River Township on the map, 1895 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maple River Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Maple River Township on the 1895 USGS mapMaple River Township on the 1961 USGS mapMaple River Township on the 1986 USGS map1895Casselton sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maple River Township.

The story so far

Maple River Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Maple River Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Maple River Township is a township in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 119 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Lynchburg is located in Maple River Township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 128 to 119 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Maple River Township, 1895 to 1911

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Lynchburg post office opens
  3. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1911Post officeThe Lynchburg post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to Maple River Township

Nobody well known was born in Maple River Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
William LangerAmerican politician · b. 1886
M
Morgan FordUnited States Judge · b. 1911
J
John H. LangAmerican military officer (1899–1970) ; recipie… · b. 1899
B
Bill PietschAmerican businessman and politician · b. 1935
D
Dwayne A. KingAmerican politician – Minnesota -House 1977-78 … · b. 1939
H
Hank WeberAmerican politician · b. 1924
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Lynchburg, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Lynchburg
Gone or out of use
Poulson Fieldairport
1cemetery inside Maple River Township
Goshen Moravian Church

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Walburg TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLeonard TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAddison TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEverest TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Maple River Township’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.